Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ approved the Ministry of Construction’s proposal on suspending equitisation of three hospitals, according to the Government Office.

Samsung Việt Nam officially introduced Samsung Talent Programme 2017, (STP) on a larger scale and with a higher value of VNĐ8.5 billion (US$379,000) compared with the previous years.

Việt Nam will create favourable conditions for investors, including Singapore’s CapitaLand Group, to operate successfully in Việt Nam, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told President and CEO of CapitaLand Lim Ming Yan during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday.

Colusa-Miliket Foodstuff Joint Stock Company’s (Miliket) audited financial report for 2016 showed a 40 per cent drop in pre-tax earnings compared with the previous year, indicating a loss of market share.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has asked ministries to supervise operations of Việt Nam National Coal and Mineral Group (Vinacomin) after its poor production and business performance in 2015-16, according to Government portal chinhphu.vn.

Liquidity of the banking system remains good and the interest rate level is stable with no pressure on rate hike reported.

Market observers see a positive outlook in the long term for Vietnamese confectionery exports.

Nearly 26,500 enterprises were created in the first quarter of this year with a total registered capital of over VNĐ270 trillion (US$11.8 billion), according to preliminary data reported yesterday in Hà Nội by the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Enterprises Development Department.  

Vietnam Investment Securities Company (IVS) will merge with Japan Securities Incorporated (JSI) to boost the number of customers, financial capability and expand the operation to Japan.

The VN-Index tapered its gains to 0.2 per cent to close yesterday’s trade at 723.5 points on investor fears of a downward correction after the benchmark index reached a fresh ten-year high.

The plan, expected to cost over VNĐ1.75 trillion (US$77.3 million), aims to attract more investors in the IZ

The fifth International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Việt Nam 2017) will return to the capital city on Wednesday.

Việt Nam exported an estimated 1.28 million tonnes of rice in the first three months of the year, earning US$570 million. But the exports were 18 per cent lower in volume and 17.3 per cent lower in value compared to the same period last year.

Vivu Technology Development Joint Stock Company said at its launch ceremony on Sunday it has acquired Vietnamese car hailing service application FaceCar for an undisclosed amount.

The FLC real estate group opened its safari park in the central Bình Định Province’s Quy Nhơn City to visitors on Saturday.

South Korea’s Solkiss Company will invest in a solar power project on Thác Bà Lake in Yên Bình District, northern Yên Bái Province, a local official said.

Australia issued last week a notice regarding the investigation into the dumping and the countervailing duty on aluminium extrusions exported to it from Việt Nam and Malaysia.